# EUR-Lex - 12003TN14/05/B - EN

Important legal notice

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# 12003TN14/05/B

**Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex XIV: List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Slovakia - 5. Agriculture - B. Veterinary legislation **

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Official Journal L 236 , 23/09/2003 P. 0919 - 0919 *

B. VETERINARY LEGISLATION

31964 L 0433: Council Directive 64/433/EEC on health conditions for the production and marketing of fresh meat (OJ P 121, 29.7.1964, p. 2012 and later amended and consolidated in OJ L 268, 29.6.1991, p. 71), as last amended by:

- 31995 L 0023: Council Directive 95/23/EC of 22.6.1995 (OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 7);

31977 L 0099: Council Directive 77/99/EEC of 21 December 1976 on health problems affecting the production and marketing of meat products and certain other products of animal origin (OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 85 and later amended and updated in L 57, 2.3.1992, p. 4), as last amended by:

- 31997 L 0076: Council Directive 97/76/EC of 16.12.1997 (OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 25);

31991 L 0493: Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15), as last amended by:

- 31997 L 0079: Council Directive 97/79/EC of 18.12.1997 (OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31).

(a) The structural requirements laid down in Annex I to Directive 64/433/EEC, in Annexes A and B to Directive 77/99/EEC and in the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC shall not apply to establishments in Slovakia listed in the Appendix to this Annex until 31 December 2006, subject to the conditions laid down below.

(b) As long as the establishments referred to in paragraph (a) above benefit from the provisions of that paragraph, products originating from those establishments shall only be placed on the domestic market or used for further processing in the same establishment, irrespective of the date of marketing. These products must bear a special health/identification mark.

The previous subparagraph also applies to all products originating from integrated meat establishments where a part of the establishment is subject to the provisions of paragraph (a).

(c) Slovakia shall ensure gradual compliance with the structural requirements referred to in paragraph (a) in accordance with the deadlines for correcting existing shortcomings set out in the Appendix to this Annex. Slovakia shall ensure that only those establishments which fully comply with these requirements by 31 December 2006 may continue to operate. Slovakia shall submit annual reports to the Commission on progress made in each of the establishments listed in the Appendix, including a list of the establishments which have corrected the existing shortcomings during the year in question.

(d) The Commission may update the Appendix to this Annex before accession and until 31 December 2006, and in this context may add to a limited extent or delete individual establishments, in the light of progress made in the correction of existing shortcomings and the outcome of the monitoring process.

Detailed implementing rules to ensure the smooth operation of the above transitional regime shall be adopted in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 64/433/EEC, Article 20 of Directive 77/99/EEC and Article 15 of Directive 91/493/EEC.

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